Longnose Gar on Beetlespin

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Has anyone ever caught any Gar on a bettlespin? I was fishing the Colorado for bass and ended up hooking a (~4lb?) Longnose, which I didn't think they would hit lures like so. I would assume it hooked him he was going for the spinner and as he opened his jaw it caught him below, but I'm not sure. Awesome fight for a smaller one, and my first gar ever caught. Might get into actually trying to catch them now

If it helps there was a school of them around this size feeding close by, due to flood debris, on the slower area of the river creating a great feeding ground, and there was a sizeable weather front coming in that day. Glad it was on my 20lb braid, hah. Not the best pictures but not bad considering how much I was shaking in amazement.

Good post good fish congratulations on your first gar I personally have caught them on cut bait nylon rope hula poppers big saltwater plugs swimbaits and worms

And to the TFF hope to see more posts

To the TFF! Congratulations on your first gar. I have caught them on a Silver Rattle Trap and a small crank bait! Cut bait works the best.

Nice, cool to hear about other random lure catches, pretty neat and yeah, I'll be looking around and posting some experiences in the near future, good catches permitting hah.

to the TFF! Nice post. Looking forward to reading more!

Awesome post and to the TFF